US20140005463A1 - Assembly and method for conformal particle radiation therapy of a moving target - Google Patents

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US20140005463A1 US13/552,405 US201213552405A US2014005463A1 US 20140005463 A1 US20140005463 A1 US 20140005463A1 US 201213552405 A US201213552405 A US 201213552405A US 2014005463 A1 US2014005463 A1 US 2014005463A1
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  • the invention relates generally to particle radiation therapy. More particularly, the present invention relates to an assembly and method for irradiating a moving target in a patient with a particle beam.
  • a particle beam assembly is using a scanning device which comprises scanning magnets for directing and delivering the beam to an area of the target.
  • a scanning device which comprises scanning magnets for directing and delivering the beam to an area of the target.
  • the scanning positions are defined as (x,y) coordinates in an X-Y scanning plane, which is a plane perpendicular to a main beam direction Z, said main beam direction Z being a direction followed by the particle beam at an exit of the scanning device when the scanning magnets are not energized.
  • Intra-fractional target motions which are mainly caused by respiration of the patient, require adaptations in the particle therapy assembly in order to satisfy requirements related to dose conformation. Indeed, not taking into account target motion results in a blurring of the dose gradients from target volume to normal (healthy) tissue and, in addition, during target motion the radiological beam path length can change, which could result in under-dosage or over-dosage of the target volume.
  • the known different types of particle therapy assemblies adapted for irradiating moving targets with scanning beams are further discussed.
  • a first type of particle therapy assembly for irradiating moving targets is using the so-called beam gating technique.
  • the beam delivery to the target is controlled such that beam delivery only occurs during specific phases of the breathing cycle.
  • Those assemblies are complex as synchronization is needed between the beam on/off controls and the phases of the breathing cycle. As the beam delivery only takes place during a fraction of the breathing cycle, the irradiation time is also increased.
  • a second type of particle therapy assembly for irradiating moving targets with a scanning device is using the so-called re-scanning or re-painting technique.
  • the target is irradiated multiple times with a partial dose in order to smear out the effect of target motion.
  • a disadvantage of such a technique is that healthy tissue may nevertheless be incidentally irradiated with partial doses.
  • Another disadvantage is that the re-paintings are time consuming so that the overall treatment time is increased.
  • a repainting technique is for example described in EP2392383.
  • a third type of particle assembly for irradiating moving targets is using the beam tracking technique.
  • This technique the lateral position of the beam and/or beam energy are adjusted during beam delivery for compensating for target motion.
  • This type of assembly is also complex and requires for a 4D treatment planning system.
  • a system is provided to regulate the energy of the beam during the patient's irradiation depending on the detection of a target motion.
  • An improved particle therapy assembly specifically adapted for irradiating moving targets is described.
  • a method for irradiating a moving target in a patient with a particle beam is also described.
  • One particularly significant aspect of the invention provides an assembly and method to overcome the drawbacks associated with the prior art, including but not limited to those discussed above.
  • the assembly and method of the current invention allows for the precise irradiation of a moving target in a time-efficient and precise manner.
  • the present invention allows for the rapid identification and irradiation of a target; in some instances within the time period of a single breath of a patient.
  • the present invention provides an assembly and method comprising an imaging device for acquiring an actual position of the moving target while the patient is positioned in the irradiation treatment position.
  • the imaging device has a display and displaying controls configured for displaying, in real time, information indicative of the actual position of the moving target and information indicative of a prescribed target position.
  • the particle therapy assembly according to the invention also includes a breath holding means.
  • the patient can actively contribute to positioning the target by managing his breath based on the actual target position and prescribed target position displayed on the screen.
  • the breath holding means are activated.
  • the irradiation of the target is started in synchrony with the actuation of the breath holding means.
  • an assembly is provided for conformal particle radiation therapy whereby the irradiation of the target is performed in a timeframe corresponding to a single breath hold period.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic view of an example of particle therapy assembly
  • FIG. 2 shows a schematic view of an example of a particle therapy assembly according to the invention
  • FIG. 3 shows a schematic representation of an example of an energy filter
  • FIG. 4 shows a schematic representation of multiple examples of filtering elements
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic view of an example of particle therapy assembly ( 100 ) according to the invention (not all components are shown on the figure).
  • the assembly comprises a particle beam generator for generating a particle beam (e.g. proton or carbon ion beam).
  • a particle beam generator can be in a variety of forms.
  • a particle beam generator includes a fixed energy cyclotron ( 11 ) and an energy degrader ( 12 ) for degrading the fixed energy such that a particle beam of a selected energy can be delivered.
  • beams with a proton generator can actually be delivered with an energy varying between 70 MeV and 230 MeV.
  • the particle beam generator can be a synchrotron where the energy of the beam extracted from the synchrotron can be selected.
  • the particle beam having a selected energy is then, using a transport system ( 15 ), further transported to a scanning device ( 20 ) (sometimes called nozzle).
  • the scanning device ( 20 ) is adapted for delivering the particle beam in an appropriate form to a target volume within a patient.
  • the scanning device functions to shape the dose distribution to the target volume to be irradiated.
  • the scanning device ( 20 ) comprises one or more scanning magnets ( 40 ) for scanning the particle beam.
  • the scanning device ( 20 ) will typically comprise two scanning magnets ( 40 ) for scanning the particle beam in an X-Y scanning plane, or, alternatively, a single double direction scanning magnet ( 40 ) can be used to scan the beam in the two directions X and Y.
  • a particle beam ( 1 ) is illustrated as a dashed line.
  • the scanning device further comprises scanning control means ( 30 ) for controlling the scanning magnets ( 40 ).
  • the scanning control means ( 30 ) are configured for scanning the particle beam by sequentially moving the particle beam to multiple scanning positions ( 45 ) situated in the X-Y scanning plane.
  • FIG. 1 where, as an example, a number of scanning positions ( 45 ) are shown in an X-Y plane.
  • the X-Y plane is perpendicular to a central axis Z of the nozzle ( 20 ), this central axis Z is defined as the direction the particles follow if the beam is not scanned (i.e. no current in the scanning magnets).
  • the Z-axis corresponds to the central beam path.
  • the scanning plane X-Y is also defined as a plane going through the isocenter of the scanning device.
  • the scanning device ( 20 ) may be mounted by a variety of methods known in the art.
  • the scanning device ( 20 ) can be mounted on a gantry for rotation about the isocenter.
  • Alternative methods for mounting the scanning device ( 20 ) include installing the device ( 20 ) in a fixed beam line configuration or the scanning device ( 20 ) may be integrated in any other type of system configuration.
  • the particle therapy assembly ( 100 ) further comprises a patient support device ( 55 ), such as a couch, or any other device for positioning the patient in an irradiation treatment position.
  • This irradiation treatment position is the position where the target is irradiated.
  • the particle therapy assembly comprises means ( 60 , 61 , 62 ) for acquiring an actual position of the moving target while the patient is positioned in the treatment position.
  • the imaging device further comprises a display ( 65 ) and displaying controls configured for displaying, in real time, information indicative of the actual target position and information indicative of a prescribed target position on said display ( 65 ).
  • the prescribed target position is defined by a medical doctor during the treatment planning phase.
  • the information indicative of the actual target position and the information indicative of the prescribed target position can, for example, be an outline of the contour of the target. Alternatively the information can, for example, be the centre point of the target.
  • the imaging device may comprise, for example, a fluoroscopic imaging device. Such a fluoroscopic imaging device comprises an X-ray source ( 61 ) and an image receiver ( 62 ) that are, for example, located at 90° with respect to a central beam path through the nozzle (Z-axis shown in FIG. 2 ). Other direct imaging devices known in the art may be used.
  • an indirect method can be used for visualizing a moving target.
  • an external optical tracking system can be used to track the external motion of the surface of the patient and those external motions can be correlated with the internal target motion.
  • the particle therapy assembly according to the invention further comprises breath holding means ( 70 ) for holding a breath of the patient while the patient is positioned in the irradiation treatment position.
  • the breath holding means comprises an active breath control (ABC) device known in the art.
  • ABC active breath control
  • the patient breathes through a mouth-piece and a valve is used to temporarily block the airflow of the patient.
  • the purpose is to have the breath of the patient blocked for a specified duration of time. Typically, that period of time will be about 20 seconds or less.
  • the irradiation of the target is performed using the scanning device ( 20 ) according to the invention.
  • the particle therapy assembly ( 100 ) comprises means for actuating ( 80 ) the breath holding means to start holding the patient's breath.
  • the particle therapy assembly further comprises means for starting the irradiation of the target with the particle beam.
  • This action of starting the irradiation of the target is performed in relationship with the actuation of the breath holding means.
  • the irradiation of the target with the particle beam also has to be started.
  • These two actions can either be done separately by first actuation of the breath holding means and then starting the irradiation in a second step, or both together in one step as described below.
  • the time between the actuation of the breath holding means and the start of the irradiation should however be as short as possible in order to keep the breath holding period as short as possible.
  • the start of the irradiation is preferably performed within less than one second after the actuation of the breath holding means.
  • two actuating buttons can, for example, be installed next to each other: one for actuating the breath holding means and one for starting the irradiation immediately after actuating the breath holding means.
  • the means for actuating ( 80 ) the breath holding means is coupled to the means for starting the irradiation such that the actuation of the breath holding and the start of delivering the particle beam are performed in collaboration.
  • the assembly according to the invention comprises means for synchronizing the means for starting the irradiation and the means for actuating ( 80 ) the breath holding means. In this way, the start of the irradiation can be performed automatically without delay following the actuation of the breath holding means.
  • the means for synchronizing comprise a common start button that triggers both the actuation of the breath-holding means and the start of the irradiation of the target.
  • This common start button ( 80 ) is schematically represented in FIG. 2 .
  • the actuation of the breath holding means and the starting of the irradiation are performed simultaneously.
  • the synchronization means can, for example, also be configured for de-activating the breath holding means when the irradiation of the target is completed. This is illustrated schematically in FIG. 2 where the breath-holding means ( 70 ) receives a stop signal from the scanning control means ( 30 ) and/or controls of the particle beam generator when the irradiation of the target is completed.
  • the means for actuating breath holding means further comprises computing means (not shown) for other functions of the assembly described throughout the description.
  • the assembly preferably includes means for comparing the actual target position with the prescribed target position.
  • the assembly also preferably includes means for providing a signal when the actual target position is located within a given tolerance of the prescribed target position.
  • This tolerance for positioning the target is for example 30 mm or 20 mm or 10 mm or 5 mm.
  • the tolerance is in general smaller than 50 mm, preferably smaller than 30 mm and more preferably smaller than 20 mm.
  • the contours of the actual target position and the prescribed target position can be outlined on a display and when there is an overlap within the given tolerance between the two contours, a green signal is activated.
  • the imaging device comprises means for positioning the display ( 65 ) such that the patient can visually observe the display ( 65 ) while he is in the treatment position.
  • the means for positioning the display ( 65 ) can, for example, be a movable telescopic arm connected to, for example, the ceiling or connected to the couch ( 55 ) or other patient support device, or connected to the scanning device ( 20 ).
  • the display can, for example, be a flat panel type display.
  • the means for positioning the display ( 65 ) can be a pair of glasses the patient wears and is configured such that the display is integrated in the pair of glasses.
  • the patient can actively contribute to help to position the target in the right place (i.e. the irradiation treatment position) before delivering the particle beam to the target.
  • a second display in the form of a screen can, for example, be provided to the radiotherapist or other person located in the treatment control room.
  • an actuation button can, for example, be used. As discussed before, this can be a single actuation button for both functions of actuating the breath holding means and starting the irradiation. This actuation button can also be a button to be selected on a computer screen.
  • the radio-therapist operates the actuation button and in second user scenario, the patient operates the actuation button.
  • the beam generator ( 11 , 12 ) and the scanning device ( 20 ) are configured for irradiating the target with the particle beam in 20 seconds or less.
  • the beam generator ( 11 , 12 ) and the scanning device ( 20 ) are configured for irradiating the target with the particle beam in 10 seconds or less.
  • the particle therapy assembly ( 100 ) may preferably include means ( 50 ) for modulating the energy of the particle beam as function of the scanning positions ( 45 ).
  • the energy of a particle beam can be varied between a minimum and a maximum value such that the penetration depth of the beam in the target is varied.
  • the modulation of the energy of the particle beam is performed either in steps or continuous between a minimum energy value and a maximum energy value.
  • the position of the Bragg peak in the target is varied.
  • SOBP Spread-Out-Bragg-Peak
  • a different Spread-Out-Bragg-Peak profile can be generated in the target for a different scanning position.
  • a different SOBP profile is generated by applying a different energy modulation, i.e. by providing different beam intensity weights for the various energies.
  • the SOBP can be flat or it can have another non-flat shape. The minimum and maximum energy of the beam are determined based on the proximal and the distal range needed in the target for providing optimum dose conformation.
  • the energy modulation can be varied independently in the X and in the Y directions, such a means for modulating the energy permits to achieve high dose conformation to the target volume, regardless of the 3D shape of the target volume.
  • the means ( 50 ) for modulating the energy of the particle beam are installed downstream of the scanning magnets ( 40 ).
  • downstream is defined with respect to the beam direction, i.e. the beam is first travelling through the scanning magnets before reaching the means ( 50 ) for modulating the energy of the particle beam.
  • the target volume can be irradiated by performing a single scan, i.e. the sequence of delivering the beam to the multiple scanning positions needs only to be performed one time for delivering a prescribed dose to the target.
  • the irradiation period can be significantly reduced.
  • the irradiation period for irradiating for example, a one litre target volume is 20 seconds or less.
  • Typical irradiation periods with current scanning devices using conventional scanning techniques are of the order of one to two minutes.
  • the target is divided in layers (typically 10 to 20 layers) and the irradiation of the target is performed layer per layer.
  • Each layer corresponds to a particle energy and after each layer the energy of the beam needs to be varied upstream.
  • the change of energy typically takes one second and this greatly increases the overall irradiation time period of the prior art techniques.
  • the means ( 50 ) for modulating the energy comprises an energy filter ( 51 ) having a plurality of filtering elements.
  • Each of the plurality of filtering elements is configured for modulating the energy of the particle beam and is associated to one of the scanning positions ( 45 ) of the particle beam in the X-Y plane.
  • the energy filter ( 51 ) is further configured and located such that when the beam is directed to a scanning position ( 45 ), the associated filtering element is being crossed by the particle beam. This is illustrated in FIG. 3 , where an example of such a filter configuration is shown.
  • This exemplary filter ( 51 ) comprises a plurality of individual filtering elements ( 21 , 22 , 23 , . . .
  • both X′ and Y′ directions are perpendicular to each other and the filtering elements ( 21 , 22 , 23 , . . . , 31 , 32 , 33 , . . . ) are arranged according to an orthogonal grid (shown with dotted lines), but other arrangements may of course also be used, such as non-orthogonal grids for example.
  • each filtering element such as element ( 23 ) for example, will correspond to a particular region ( 3 ) in the target volume ( 2 ) for which a specific Spread-Out-Bragg-Peak profile is to be delivered.
  • the corresponding region ( 3 ) in the target volume ( 2 ) is that part of the target volume ( 2 ) which will be irradiated with those particles having passed through the given filtering element ( 23 ).
  • Each of the filtering elements ( 21 , 22 , 23 , 31 , 32 , 33 ) comprises multiple sub-filtering elements (not shown) having different material thicknesses. In this way, when the filtering element is crossed with the particle beam, a distribution of particle energies is provided at the output of the filtering element ( 21 , 22 , 23 , 31 , 32 , 33 ,).
  • FIG. 4 shows various possible three-dimensional (“3D”) shapes for a filtering element ( 21 , 22 , 23 , 31 , 32 , 33 ) of the energy filter ( 50 ) of FIG. 3 .
  • a filtering element ( 23 ) may for example have the shape of a 3D pyramid, or of a 3D staircase, or of a 3D cone, each of which having either stepped or continuous lateral slopes.
  • a filtering element ( 23 ) may also have a more complex 3D shape, such as the shape shown in the bottom right part of FIG. 4 for example.
  • the detailed geometrical dimensions (“the geometry”) of said filtering element are determined in advance as a function of the desired SOBP (Spread-Out-Bragg peak) profile in the corresponding region ( 3 ) of the target volume ( 2 ).
  • the desired SOBP Spread-Out-Bragg peak
  • an analytical transfer function of a filtering element may be used and an optimization loop may make several iterations with this transfer function until obtaining the desired SOBP profile in the corresponding region of the target volume ( 2 ).
  • Such methods are known from the skilled person for calculating the known ridge filters for example.
  • each region in the target volume ( 3 ) is associated a corresponding filtering element with a particular geometry.
  • a corresponding filtering element with a particular geometry. Having determined the geometries of all individual filtering elements ( 21 , 22 , 23 , . . . , 31 , 32 , 33 , . . . ), dedicated to a particular target volume (i.e. to a particular patient) can be built, for example by stereolithography.
  • the energy filter ( 51 ) has lateral dimensions (in the X′Y′ plane) which substantially correspond to the frontal surface of the target volume ( 2 ).
  • the energy filter may for example have overall outer dimensions of about 10 cm ⁇ 10 cm (according to X′, Y′).
  • the number of filtering elements arranged in the transversal plane as well as their respective dimensions may be freely chosen and will depend on the required accuracy of the dose conformity.
  • the energy filter ( 51 ) comprises, for example, a so-called range compensator, which is well known to the person skilled in the art.
  • a range compensator (sometimes called bolus) is a device specifically adapted according to the shape of the target such that the distal range of the beam is adjusted according to the shape of the target.
  • the particle therapy assembly ( 100 ) further comprises computing means for computing an expected irradiation period. How long a patient will be able to hold his breath will vary significantly from patient to patient. In general, it is known that a patient should be capable to hold his breath between 10 seconds and 20 seconds.
  • the time period to perform the irradiation depends on a number of factors including the number of scan positions ( 45 ), the dose to be delivered to the target for each scanning position, the maximum beam current the particle beam generator ( 11 , 12 ) can deliver, and the time to switch from scanning position to scanning position.
  • the dose to be delivered for each scan position is determined by a treatment planning system. This dose is either directly expressed in machine units or monitor units (MU) or the dose is provided in units of Gy (Gray). In the later case, a translation is typically first made into monitor units.
  • the computing means will then define the beam current the particle generator should deliver.
  • the computing means comprises a table defining the maximum beam current the particle beam generator can produce as function of the beam energy.
  • the computing means taking into account the maximum beam current, then calculates for each scanning position what the irradiation time is based on the dose, expressed in monitor units, to be delivered for that scanning position and a calibration factor defining the relation between monitor units and the particle beam intensity. This calibration factor will depend on the energy modulation and can hence vary from scanning position to scanning position.
  • the calibration factor can be experimentally determined and stored in calibration tables.
  • the computing means comprises these calibration tables defining this relation between monitor units and particle beam intensity. By summing the irradiation times of all scanning positions, and taking into account the time for switching the particle beam to all scanning positions, the expected irradiation time period is computed by the computing means.
  • the expected irradiation period is preferably displayed on the display ( 65 ).
  • a method for irradiating a moving target in a patient with a particle beam using a particle therapy assembly comprises the steps of
  • the method includes
  • a particle therapy assembly ( 100 ) using a scanning device.
  • a particle therapy assembly ( 10 ) comprises
  • the method according to the invention using such a particle therapy assembly comprises the steps of
  • the patient can actively vary the inflation level of his lungs to adjust or bring the actual position of the target close to the prescribed position.
  • the prescribed position of the target is the position to irradiate with the particle beam as prescribed by the treatment planning.
  • the contours of the target in the actual position and the contours of the target in the prescribed position can be outlined on the display.
  • a green signal indicating when the actual and prescribed positions are located within a given tolerance can be visualized on the display.
  • the breath holding means is actuated and the delivery of the particle beam is started.
  • the particle therapy assembly ( 100 ) further comprises means ( 50 ) for modulating an energy of the particle beam as function of the scanning positions ( 45 ) and the means ( 50 ) for modulating the energy are located downstream of all of said one or more scanning magnets ( 40 ).
  • the breath-hold period is preferential equal or less than 20 seconds.
  • such a more preferred method using a particle therapy assembly ( 100 ) having means for modulating an energy which are located downstream of the scanning magnets comprises advantageously completing the irradiation of the target within a single breath holding period.
  • the actuation of the breath holding means is performed by the patient himself while being located in the treatment position.
  • the patient can push, for example, an actuation button to actuate the breath holding means.
  • the patient can adjust his breath using the visualization on the display of his moving target.
  • the actuation of the breath holding means and start of irradiation is performed by another person, for example a radio-therapist located in the treatment control room who is observing the same visualization of the moving target.
  • the actuating of the breath holding and the starting the delivery of the particle beam are performed simultaneously.
  • a single actuation button can be used to simultaneously actuate the breath holding means and start the irradiation with the particle beam.
  • computer controls can perform a comparison between the actual position of the target and the prescribed position of the target. When both positions are located within a tolerance, the computer controls can then automatically actuate the breath holdings means and also trigger the start of the irradiation of the target.
  • the method disclosed above for treating moving targets with a particle therapy assembly is described for a scanning beam delivery device capable of performing the beam irradiation within a single breath-hold of 20 seconds or less.
  • the method of invention is used with a particle therapy assembly ( 100 ) wherein the means ( 50 ) for modulating the energy comprises an energy filter ( 51 ) as described above.
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